TEACHING
QUALITY
Manchester Metropolitan University
89
th
NATIONAL
RANK
RANK
65.8%
FIRSTS
2:1s
2:1s
83%
COMPLETION
RATE
RATE
Key Stats
n/a
95th=
STUDENT
EXPERIENCE
EXPERIENCE
70th=
RESEARCH
QUALITY
QUALITY
83rd=
GRADUATE
PROSPECTS
PROSPECTS
Contact details
ADDRESS
All Saints,
Oxford Road, Manchester, M15 6BH View on map >
Telephone
Email
Website
Open days
October 11 and 18 (Manchester); October 25(Cheshire)
University Profile
Manchester Met (MMU) does everything on a grand scale: 36,000 students, more than 1,000 courses – and now the biggest increase in enrolments of any university in 2013, when an extra 1,400 undergraduates came on board. The rise made the university, with more than 9,000 undergraduates beginning their studies last year, one of the biggest in the country.
More than a sixth of the students are 21 or over on entry, the group which has seen the biggest decline in the new fees regime. There is a longstanding commitment to extending access to higher education: more than 40% of the undergraduates come from working-class homes, and one in six are from areas of low participation in higher education with strong regional recruitment.
The projected dropout rate has improved considerably and is now close to the national average for the university’s subjects and entry qualifications.
The 36,000 students, which include part-timers, make MMU one of the largest universities in Britain. The 1,000-plus courses span more than 70 subjects. But the giant institution boasts quality as well as quantity: academics are encouraged to take a three-year MA
The Poet Laureate, Professor Carol Ann Duffy, is Creative Director of the Writing School in the English department. The university is also proud of its record on green issues, finishing top of the People and Planet Green League of environmental performance in 2013.
The university has more professionally-accredited courses than any other university and many courses involve work placements.
Education courses have fared well in the Teaching Agency’s performance indicators, especially for primary training. The university trains more teachers than any other and has launched a Centre for Urban Education to develop its expertise further. Some 800 trainees and other students taking contemporary arts and sports science are based at Crewe, 40 miles south of Manchester and now rebranded as MMU Cheshire.
A former college campus at Alsager has been merged with the Crewe campus in an area now known as the University Quadrant. Some arts subjects moved there with the opening of a £6m drama, music and dance centre, and there is a £30m student village. The Sport Science Centre opened in 2010 and the Business School followed in 2012. Exercise and sport science students were the final group to make the six-mile move to Crewe.
The five sites in Manchester have now been reduced to just one, the new Birley Fields campus having just been completed, adjoining the original All Saints site. Birley Fields houses the faculties of education, and health, psychology and social care, creating a so-called Campus for the Professions, part of a £350m development programme spanning the past decade, much of which has been devoted to learning resources rather than buildings.
The Birley Fields campus is one of the most environmentally sustainable in the UK, uniting the remaining provision for teachers with that for nurses, health and youth workers.
The prize-winning EQAL programme recast undergraduate courses in line with student feedbackand integrated them with the Moodle virtual learning environment.
The new site is on the university’s border with Hulme and Moss Side. New science and engineering buildings at All Saints cost £42m, while an impressive new business school headquarters next to the Mancunian Way opened in 2012. A new School of Art opened in 2013. As one £350m development programme comes to an end, MMU is drafting a further £200m series of investments in its students and their immediate environment.
Overseas links have expanded rapidly in recent years, with MMU offering exchange opportunities in Europe and further afield, as well as establishing teaching bases abroad. There are new partnerships in China and additional locations for exchanges through the EU’s Erasmus programme.
However, more than half of the students come from the Manchester area, easing the pressure on accommodation in a city of nearly 70,000 students. The university plays an important role in the region’s economy, not least because 70% of graduates stay and work in the Northwest. MMU is currently employing 50 of its own graduates on paid internships for up to 12 months.
All first years who request accommodation can be housed, with priority for university-owned halls going to the disabled and those who live furthest from Manchester. The university’s sports facilities are good and the city’s attractions do no harm to recruitment levels, but much depends on where the course is based; with those in Crewe having a very different (quieter) social scene compared to those in the heart of Manchester.
More than a sixth of the students are 21 or over on entry, the group which has seen the biggest decline in the new fees regime. There is a longstanding commitment to extending access to higher education: more than 40% of the undergraduates come from working-class homes, and one in six are from areas of low participation in higher education with strong regional recruitment.
The projected dropout rate has improved considerably and is now close to the national average for the university’s subjects and entry qualifications.
The 36,000 students, which include part-timers, make MMU one of the largest universities in Britain. The 1,000-plus courses span more than 70 subjects. But the giant institution boasts quality as well as quantity: academics are encouraged to take a three-year MA
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in teaching and more than a third of the work entered for the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise was rated as world-leading or internationally excellent. Education, English, and art and design produced the best results.The Poet Laureate, Professor Carol Ann Duffy, is Creative Director of the Writing School in the English department. The university is also proud of its record on green issues, finishing top of the People and Planet Green League of environmental performance in 2013.
The university has more professionally-accredited courses than any other university and many courses involve work placements.
A former college campus at Alsager has been merged with the Crewe campus in an area now known as the University Quadrant. Some arts subjects moved there with the opening of a £6m drama, music and dance centre, and there is a £30m student village. The Sport Science Centre opened in 2010 and the Business School followed in 2012. Exercise and sport science students were the final group to make the six-mile move to Crewe.
The five sites in Manchester have now been reduced to just one, the new Birley Fields campus having just been completed, adjoining the original All Saints site. Birley Fields houses the faculties of education, and health, psychology and social care, creating a so-called Campus for the Professions, part of a £350m development programme spanning the past decade, much of which has been devoted to learning resources rather than buildings.
The Birley Fields campus is one of the most environmentally sustainable in the UK, uniting the remaining provision for teachers with that for nurses, health and youth workers.
The prize-winning EQAL programme recast undergraduate courses in line with student feedbackand integrated them with the Moodle virtual learning environment.
The new site is on the university’s border with Hulme and Moss Side. New science and engineering buildings at All Saints cost £42m, while an impressive new business school headquarters next to the Mancunian Way opened in 2012. A new School of Art opened in 2013. As one £350m development programme comes to an end, MMU is drafting a further £200m series of investments in its students and their immediate environment.
Overseas links have expanded rapidly in recent years, with MMU offering exchange opportunities in Europe and further afield, as well as establishing teaching bases abroad. There are new partnerships in China and additional locations for exchanges through the EU’s Erasmus programme.
However, more than half of the students come from the Manchester area, easing the pressure on accommodation in a city of nearly 70,000 students. The university plays an important role in the region’s economy, not least because 70% of graduates stay and work in the Northwest. MMU is currently employing 50 of its own graduates on paid internships for up to 12 months.
All first years who request accommodation can be housed, with priority for university-owned halls going to the disabled and those who live furthest from Manchester. The university’s sports facilities are good and the city’s attractions do no harm to recruitment levels, but much depends on where the course is based; with those in Crewe having a very different (quieter) social scene compared to those in the heart of Manchester.
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Detailed Statistics
PERFORMANCE
PERFORMANCE
CATEGORY
SCORE
RANK
Ranking
-
89 (89)
Student experience
79.3
95th=
Research quality
4.3
70th=
Ucas entry points
343
53rd=
Graduate prospects
60.2
83rd=
Firsts and 2:1s
65.8
66th=
Completion rate
83
82nd
Student-staff ratio
18.2:1
70th
Services/facilities spend (£)
1,206
102nd
World ranking
-
701= (701=)
VITAL STATISTICS
Undergraduates
(Full-time)
24,210
Undergraduates
(Part-time)
2,345
Postgraduates
(Full-time)
2,320
Postgraduates
(Part-time)
3,590
Applications/places
51,920/9,080
Applications/places ratio
5.7:1
STUDENT CITIES
Mike Palmer, students’ union president
Manchester is full of students and our campus is in the centre.
We do have some strange characters, like the so-called magic bus lady, but they’re relatively harmless.
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Cost of living
Nightlife
Transport
Culture
ACCOMMODATION
FEES
UK/EU fees
£9,000
Fees (placement year)
£680
Fees (overseas year)
£680
Fees (international)
£10,250-£18,000
Finance website
Graduate salaries
£18,221
BURSARIES/SCHOLARSHIPS
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For all UK students with household income below £25K, £1,000 a year as university services or accommodation discount.
SPORT
Sports points/rank
776, 42nd
Sport website
Student satisfaction
89.0%
87.6%
87.6%
87.6%
84.7%
84.2%
83.6%
82.6%
82.6%
81.9%
81.7%
81.6%
81.6%
80.4%
80.4%
80.1%
79.4%
78.8%
78.8%
78.6%
78.0%
77.9%
76.2%
75.7%
75.0%
74.9%
74.3%
73.0%